VFL/AFL Records
Longest suspension
Qualification - 20 matches
| Player | Charges | Season | Matches suspended | Club |
| Doug Fraser | Bribery | 1910 | 99 | Carlton |
| Alex Lang | Bribery | 1910 | 99 | Carlton |
| Fred Rutley | 2 x kicking, 3 x striking and melee involvement | 1925 | 892 | North Melbourne |
| Bill Burns | Kicking | 1909 | 462 | Richmond |
| George Topping | Striking | 1910 | 35 | Carlton |
| Bert Franks | Abusing and threatening umpire | 1910 | 332 | South Melbourne |
| Tommy Downs | Kicking | 1931 | 29 | Carlton |
| Percy Sheehan | Striking and melee involvement | 1910 | 28 | Carlton |
| Jack Shorten | Striking and melee involvement | 1910 | 28 | Collingwood |
| Arthur Coghlan | Striking and melee involvement | 1925 | 26 | Geelong |
| Stan Thomas | Elbowing, striking and melee involvement | 1925 | 26 | Geelong |
| Dan Keily | Sustained abuse of umpire | 1917 | 24 | Carlton |
| Arthur Ford | Abusing and threatening umpire | 1910 | 23 | Carlton |
| Wally Warden | Kicking | 1928 | 22 | Footscray |
| Ben Cousins | Bringing the game into disrepute | 2007 | 223 | n/a3 |
| Tom Baxter | Striking and melee involvement | 1910 | 211 | Collingwood |
| Ted Whitfield | Attempting to strike umpire, abusing umpire, and 2 x misconduct | 1945 | 21 | South Melbourne |
| Dick Condon | Sustained abuse of umpire | 1900 | 202 | Collingwood |
| Billy Gent | 3 x striking | 1904 | 20 | South Melbourne |
| George Holden | Striking | 1911 | 20 | Fitzroy |
| Peter Reville | 3 x striking | 1934 | 20 | South Melbourne |
| Phil Carman | Striking and headbutting umpire | 1980 | 20 | Essendon |
| Chris Appleton | Gambling on AFL matches | 2010 | 20 | Goal umpire |
| Wayne Siekman | Gambling on AFL matches | 2010 | 20 | Interchange steward |
| John Wise | Gambling on AFL matches | 2010 | 20 | Interchange steward |
1 Baxter was later exonerated on appeal due to mistaken identity.
2 Prior to 1926, some players found guilty of serious offences were given a lifetime suspension, but in each case the penalty was later commuted.
3 Cousins was suspended for a period of twelve months for "bringing the game into disrepute", equating to 22 matches. His old club, West Coast, had deregistered him prior to his suspension, meaning he was not officially listed as a player at the time of his suspension.
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